Void pointers need not be cast to other pointer types. Semantic patch used: @r@ expression x; void* e; type T; identifier f; @@ ( *((T *)e) | ((T *)x) [...] | ((T *)x)->f | - (T *) e ) Signed-off-by: Janani Ravichandran <janani.rvchndrn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void xlr_net_fmn_handler(int bkt, int src_stnid, int size, int code,
struct xlr_net_priv *priv;
u32 port, length;
unsigned char *addr;
- struct xlr_adapter *adapter = (struct xlr_adapter *)arg;
+ struct xlr_adapter *adapter = arg;
length = (msg->msg0 >> 40) & 0x3fff;
if (length == 0) {